Kickapoo Downtown Airport
| Kickapoo Downtown Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: KIP – ICAO: KCWC – FAA LID: CWC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Wichita Falls | ||
| Serves | Wichita Falls, Texas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,003 ft / 306 m | ||
| Coordinates | 33°51′38″N 098°29′25″W / 33.86056°N 98.49028°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 4,450 | 1,356 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 22,400 | ||
| Based aircraft | 76 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Kickapoo Downtown Airport (IATA: KIP, ICAO: KCWC, FAA LID: CWC, formerly T47) is a city-owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CWC by the FAA and KIP by the IATA[2] (which assigned CWC to Chernovtsy Airport in Chernovtsy, Ukraine[3]).
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Kickapoo Downtown Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) at an elevation of 1,003 feet (306 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 4,450 by 75 feet (1,356 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 12, 2008, the airport had 22,400 aircraft operations, an average of 61 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 76 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 29% multi-engine, 4% jet and 3% helicopter.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CWC (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KIP / KCWC - Wichita Falls, Texas - Kickapoo Downtown Airport
- ^ Aviation Safety Network: CWC / UKLN - Chernovtsy Airport, Ukraine
[edit] External links
- Kickapoo Downtown Airport (CWC)PDF at Texas DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CWC, effective 12 January 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCWC
- ASN accident history for KIP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
